popped a brakeline today.

[fattie]

i was driving my grandfathers festy today and popped a brakeline , never had that happen before , the pedal went all the way to the floor. luckily the car is easy enough to drive i drove it 3 miles back home. glad there wasnt hevy traffic !

[Nerd Racing]

is there really any traffic in maine?

I never had one go while driving... knock on wood...

[fattie]

is there really any traffic in maine?

I never had one go while driving... knock on wood...

lunch time and around 4-5 there is mad traffic. i got lucky. but i found if i slammed the pedal all the way i got just enough braking that with downshifting and going slow i made it home safe. stupid ebrake doesnt work. guess i got some wrenching to do.

[Nerd Racing]

well you might as well as get enough to swap all the lines out... as soon as one goes, they tend to all want to go.

[deathegg]

That happened to me in '07 in CA....I was on the on ramp to the 91 going to Riverside from Corona, and the pedal went to the floor! There is never NOT any heavy traffic on the 91, but I went slow, stayed FAR behind the car in front of me, downshifted alot, and used the parking brake. Not fun, and not safe, but I got home in one peice.

[Evil D]

Same thing here just a week or two ago, only lucky for me i was bleeding the brakes and not driving.

[GenevaDirt]

Just before winter on my way to work...I was doing about 60 when the last light before work turned yellow. I hit the brakes and POP....line blew and peddle went to the floor. I was still doing 55 and the light turned red. The emergency brake does not work in the car so I was not slowing at all. I was still doing about 50 when I got to the intersection. I hit the horn and flashed the lights. Luckily no one had really started moving and blew through the intersection. I am glad it was early in the morning and that no one was in front of me or things could of really got interesting.

[Tommychu]

Same thing here just a week or two ago, only lucky for me i was bleeding the brakes and not driving.

That still could have been really bad. Any amount of pressure behind some brake fluid+your eyes=not good.

And not many people wear safety glasses while doing that kind of work...

[Tim]

Yikes. You're lucky nothing bad happened to you. Might be a good time to check the other lines and see if any more are ready to blow...


-Tim

[Evil D]

That still could have been really bad. Any amount of pressure behind some brake fluid+your eyes=not good.

And not many people wear safety glasses while doing that kind of work...

It did bust about a foot and a half in front of my face as i was kind of under the front wheel bleeding and it busted right under the driver's seat. Lucky for me it sprayed straight down.